Researchers Conceal AI Prompts in Papers to Influence Reviews
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Summary
Researchers have hidden AI prompts in research papers to manipulate artificial intelligence tools into giving them positive reviews, as discovered in English-language preprints on arXiv from 14 academic institutions in eight countries.
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· 3 pulledResearch papers from 14 academic institutions in eight countries contained hidden prompts directing artificial intelligence tools to give them good reviews.
Nikkei looked at English-language preprints on arXiv and discovered such prompts in 17 articles.
Instructions in preprints from 14 universities highlight controversy on AI in peer review
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